“I have a hard time saying I'm going to make a whole record of just roc...” — Samuel Ervin Beam Quote

“I have a hard time saying I'm going to make a whole record of just rock-out songs, because that gets boring, you know? And my voice doesn't scream very well.”

“You cannot predict public taste. That's why I always just trusted mine.”

“Like anyone who records music or writes a song, I thought, 'Wouldn't that be cool if someday I were able to do this for a living?' But it was such a fluke, and it really all took me by surprise and I just held on for dear life. I really wasn't prepared. I really went into it naively with no experience.”

“I educated myself. To me, school was boring.”

“Friends are sometimes boring, but enemies never.”

“If people weren't watching, I'd be so much more eccentric. I know it makes me sound weak, but rather than make myself happy and wear the silly hat and say, 'Oh, I don't care,' I actually really don't feel like getting made fun of. So I put on something boring and navy and go out and try to disappear.”